<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 9:14 AM efc--- via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:</div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
On Mon, 25 Nov 2024, Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat wrote:<br>
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2024, 6:03 AM efc--- via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> I'm thinking self-driving "mega-homes" in the form of an autonomous fleet<br>
> of boats for low taxes and free enterprise! Ok, ok, old ideas from<br>
> Stephenson, but still, would be fun to see!<br>
><br>
> Who would handle the repairs and maintenance? When one's neighbor's boat, that one's own boat is too thoroughly bolted to to<br>
> facilitate disconnect in time, develops a leak that said neighbor is unwilling or unable to repair, does one fix one's neighbor's<br>
> property (likely without compensation, possibly without authorization from said neighbor) or allow it to drag one's home underwater?<br>
<br>
Check the contract! That's the beaty with the free market. It comes up <br>
with solutions to problems that central government planning and socialists <br>
never would be able to come up with.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Despite the ideal, these sorts of situations rarely come with contracts in practice. The bolting just happened as a matter of mutual convenience, without any formal negotiation (and certainly no written instrument) - and then the neighbor's boat develops that leak. What do you do?</div></div></div>